The House Speaker, John Boehner, invited Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to speak to Congress and the president is none too happy about it. He's refusing to meet with the leader and, in fact, they aren't even speaking!

Now that the Federal Government “partial” shutdown is over what are your thoughts? If you work in the private sector, did it affect you directly? Are you annoyed that there was a shutdown for a little over two weeks or do you care?

It's no surprise that Americans don't like politicians, Congress in particular. In fact, a recent survey showed the governmental body is less popular than even cockroaches and colonoscopies. Even still, more Americans would rather hang out with their local congresscritter than a member of …